In addition to a selection of advanced rules, the Admiral Rules Pack will also introduce four new warships. Two of the warships will be variants on existing hulls while the other two warships will be new classes with all sorts of new rules. It’s still early in play testing, but I think my most favorite new unit will be the new Heragul Sabre Heavy Bomber.

Featuring what will certainly be a tactic changing weapon, the term Heavy Bomber is probably not an accurate title, but it sounds cool. In reality, The Sabre is a mine layer which deploys a powerful weapon called a Thermal Bomb. Mine weapons inherit some of the abilities of missile weapons, but they can’t move unless an enemy warship is nearby. When deployed in squadrons, the end result are mine fields which hinder enemy movement choices and work to box them in.. Just as a note, in the image to the right, the reactor tokens are stand ins for the Thermal Bombs, which do not have finished artwork yet.

Filed under: News, Preview, Spotlight by RockoRobotics on Wednesday, August 17, 2011

After a few games of internal play testing, the Admiral rules pack is getting closer to the first public version. Some of the changes that will be part of the final set include:

• A more flexible movement system.
• A faster fighter attack phase, which still achieves the same overall effect.
• A More deadly damage modeling system which sees critical systems taking heavy damage before a warship’s armor is completely destroyed.

Other than several new rules, the Admiral Rule’s Pack will also include four new classes of warships and at least three new equipment cards. If you are interested in publicly play-testing the admiral rules pack and live in the Detroit, Michigan area, please subscribe to our mailing list for the latest announcements.

Filed under: News by RockoRobotics on Sunday, August 7, 2011